George Orwell - Exam
George Orwell
  • 1. In which year was George Orwell born?
A) 1945
B) 1910
C) 1920
D) 1903
  • 2. What is George Orwell's real name?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Eric Arthur Blair
C) Alexander Pushkin
D) George Herman Ruth Jr.
  • 3. Where was George Orwell born?
A) India
B) USA
C) England
D) France
  • 4. Which war did George Orwell fight in?
A) World War I
B) Spanish Civil War
C) Vietnam War
D) Gulf War
  • 5. Which other famous author was a close friend of George Orwell?
A) Aldous Huxley
B) Stephen King
C) J.K. Rowling
D) Jane Austen
  • 6. What is the subtitle of George Orwell's novel 'Animal Farm'?
A) A Fairy Story
B) A Thriller
C) A Science Fiction Novel
D) A Historical Biography
  • 7. What is the first name of the protagonist in '1984'?
A) Tom
B) Winston
C) Rick
D) Sam
  • 8. What was George Orwell's job in Burma?
A) Architect
B) Police Officer
C) Chef
D) Pilot
  • 9. What is the name of the farm in the novel 'Animal Farm'?
A) Paradise Meadows Farm
B) Manor Farm
C) Happy Farm
D) Green Pastures Farm
  • 10. What is the fictional language created by George Orwell in '1984'?
A) Cooltalk
B) Newspeak
C) Dreamwords
D) Wordplay
  • 11. What is the name of the leader of Animal Farm?
A) Napoleon
B) Abraham
C) Julius
D) Alexander
  • 12. In which year did George Orwell pass away?
A) 1960
B) 1970
C) 1950
D) 1980
  • 13. What pen name did Eric Arthur Blair use for his writing?
A) E.A. Blair
B) George Orwell
C) Eric Blair
D) Arthur Orwell
  • 14. In which year was George Orwell's dystopian novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' published?
A) 1950
B) 1945
C) 1938
D) 1949
  • 15. What is the title of George Orwell's work that documents his experience in industrial Northern England?
A) Nineteen Eighty-Four
B) Animal Farm
C) The Road to Wigan Pier
D) Homage to Catalonia
  • 16. Which term, coined by George Orwell, describes totalitarian and authoritarian social practices?
A) Orwellian
B) Newspeak
C) Big Brother
D) Doublethink
  • 17. Who was George Orwell's principal tutor at Eton?
A) Steven Runciman
B) Aldous Huxley
C) A. S. F. Gow
D) Cyril Connolly
  • 18. What was George Orwell's father's occupation in the Indian Civil Service?
A) Teacher
B) Doctor
C) Sub-Deputy Opium Agent
D) Lawyer
  • 19. Where did Eric Blair first meet Cyril Connolly?
A) Wellington College
B) Eton College
C) St Cyprian's School
D) Henley-on-Thames school
  • 20. Which school did George Orwell attend as a day student at age five?
A) St Cyprian's School
B) Wellington College
C) A Catholic convent in Henley-on-Thames
D) Eton College
  • 21. What was the relationship between George Orwell and Jacintha Buddicom?
A) Cousins
B) Teacher-student
C) Classmates only
D) Adolescent sweethearts
  • 22. Which school did Eric Blair attend after St Cyprian's and before Eton?
A) Shiplake College
B) Henley Grammar School
C) Wellington College
D) Harrow School
  • 23. What was the name of George Orwell's essay based on his time at St Cyprian's?
A) Animal Farm
B) The Road to Wigan Pier
C) Such, Such Were the Joys
D) Homage to Catalonia
  • 24. Which of George Orwell's works is an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?
A) Homage to Catalonia
B) The Road to Wigan Pier
C) Nineteen Eighty-Four
D) Animal Farm
  • 25. What was George Orwell's family background described as?
A) Upper-class
B) Working-class
C) Middle-class
D) Lower-upper-middle class
  • 26. What was the name of George Orwell's first published magazine at Eton?
A) Eton Wall Game
B) Bubble and Squeak
C) The Election Times
D) College Days
  • 27. Which university did George Orwell not attend due to financial constraints?
A) Cambridge University
B) None, he did not go to university
C) University of London
D) Oxford University
  • 28. What was the profession of George Orwell's grandfather, Thomas Richard Arthur Blair?
A) Teacher
B) Lawyer
C) Opium agent
D) Anglican clergyman
  • 29. In which year did George Orwell join the Indian Imperial Police in Burma?
A) 1919
B) 1922
C) 1930
D) 1925
  • 30. What was the name of the ship on which George Orwell sailed to Burma?
A) SS India
B) SS Herefordshire
C) SS Britannia
D) SS Empire
  • 31. Where did George Orwell receive his police training in Burma?
A) Mandalay
B) Katha
C) Rangoon
D) Maymyo
  • 32. What was the monthly salary of George Orwell when he completed his training?
A) Rs. 600
B) Rs. 525
C) Rs. 800
D) Rs. 740
  • 33. Which town in Burma was known for having the refinery of the Burmah Oil Company?
A) Syriam
B) Moulmein
C) Maymyo
D) Katha
  • 34. What did George Orwell adopt in Burma that he kept for the rest of his life?
A) A beard
B) A pencil moustache
C) Sideburns
D) No facial hair
  • 35. What did George Orwell's tattoos look like?
A) Crosses on his wrists
B) Stars on his shoulders
C) Dragon designs on his arms
D) Small untidy blue circles on each knuckle
  • 36. In which month and year did George Orwell resign from the Indian Imperial Police?
A) December 1929
B) March 1928
C) September 1926
D) July 1927
  • 37. Which novel by George Orwell was based on his experiences in the Burma police?
A) Homage to Catalonia
B) Animal Farm
C) Burmese Days
D) 1984
  • 38. What did George Orwell write about his experience of executing a prisoner?
A) "A Hanging"
B) Burmese Days
C) Keep the Aspidistra Flying
D) "Shooting an Elephant"
  • 39. Which ethnic group's churches did George Orwell attend in Burma?
A) Chinese
B) Burmese
C) Karen
D) Indian
  • 40. What was the name of the town where George Orwell's maternal grandmother lived?
A) Maymyo
B) Rangoon
C) Katha
D) Moulmein
  • 41. Which author did Orwell consider to be about as good a novelist as one can be today, despite holding 'untenable opinions'?
A) Graham Greene
B) Evelyn Waugh
C) Mark Twain
D) Herman Melville
  • 42. Which city did Orwell visit quickly after his stay in Wigan?
A) Manchester
B) Liverpool
C) Sheffield
D) Barnsley
  • 43. Who described George Orwell and Richard Rees as 'moth-eaten and prematurely aged'?
A) Mabel Fierz
B) Rosalind Obermeyer
C) Elizaveta Fen
D) Cyril Connolly
  • 44. Which political leader's military uprising concerned Orwell in 1936?
A) John Strachey
B) Francisco Franco
C) Oswald Mosley
D) Harry Pollitt
  • 45. Who visited Orwell in March 1949 at the sanatorium?
A) Sonia Brownell
B) Ann Popham
C) Eileen Blair
D) Celia Kirwan
  • 46. Where did George Orwell return to England from in December 1929?
A) Southwold
B) Paris
C) Bramley
D) London
  • 47. Which journal published George Orwell's first article as a professional writer?
A) G. K.'s Weekly
B) New Adelphi
C) Le Progrès Civique
D) Monde
  • 48. Which government department did Celia Kirwan work for when she visited Orwell?
A) Ministry of Defence
B) Information Research Department (IRD)
C) Home Office
D) Foreign Office
  • 49. What was the title of George Orwell's first published essay in English?
A) "A Farthing Newspaper"
B) "La Censure en Angleterre"
C) "The Spike"
D) "How the Poor Die"
  • 50. Who helped Orwell secure accommodation on the island of Jura?
A) E. H. Carr
B) Barbara Ward
C) David Astor
D) Isaac Deutscher
  • 51. Who ran the second-hand bookshop where Orwell worked?
A) Jon Kimche
B) Richard Rees
C) Francis and Myfanwy Westrope
D) Nellie Limouzin
  • 52. In which year was Orwell listed at number 8 on the BBC's The Big Read poll?
A) 2011
B) 2003
C) 2021
D) 1984
  • 53. Who complimented George Orwell's 'clarity and good sense' in a review of 'Down and Out in Paris and London'?
A) Max Plowman
B) Cecil Day-Lewis
C) Richard Rees
D) T. S. Eliot
  • 54. Which magazine accepted George Orwell's work "The Spike" for publication?
A) Le Progrès Civique
B) G. K.'s Weekly
C) New Adelphi
D) Monde
  • 55. Which hospital did George Orwell go to when he fell seriously ill in February 1929?
A) Portobello Road Hospital
B) Rue du Pot de Fer Clinic
C) Hôpital Cochin
D) Southwold General Hospital
  • 56. Who found George Orwell a flat in Parliament Hill?
A) Mabel Fierz
B) Francis Westrope
C) Rosalind Obermeyer
D) Nellie Limouzin
  • 57. Which novel did George Orwell's experiences at the bookshop contribute to?
A) Animal Farm
B) Keep the Aspidistra Flying
C) Burmese Days
D) 1984
  • 58. Where did Orwell move to live on 22 May 1946?
A) London
B) Barnhill, Jura
C) Shanghai
D) Manchester
  • 59. What was the title of George Orwell's first article to appear in England?
A) "La Censure en Angleterre"
B) "A Farthing Newspaper"
C) "How the Poor Die"
D) "The Spike"
  • 60. What illness did George Orwell contract after a motorcycle trip that developed into pneumonia?
A) A chill
B) Influenza
C) Bronchitis
D) Tuberculosis
  • 61. Where did George Orwell settle back into after returning to England?
A) A flat in London
B) The family home at Southwold
C) A cottage near Cambridge
D) An apartment in Paris
  • 62. Who was the clergyman's daughter that George Orwell became acquainted with in Southwold?
A) Brenda Salkeld
B) Mabel Fierz
C) Eleanor Jacques
D) Ruth Pitter
  • 63. What new medicine was used to treat Orwell's tuberculosis?
A) Aspirin
B) Penicillin
C) Morphine
D) Streptomycin
  • 64. What was the side effect Orwell experienced from streptomycin treatment?
A) Diabetes
B) Hypertension
C) Toxic epidermal necrolysis
D) Anemia
  • 65. Who did Orwell marry on 9 June 1936?
A) Aunt Nellie
B) Sylvia Townsend Warner
C) Eileen O'Shaughnessy
D) Joan Rees
  • 66. What type of man did Orwell associate the face he saw in Dickens's writing with?
A) A nineteenth-century liberal, a free intelligence
B) A religious zealot
C) An indifferent observer
D) A conservative traditionalist
  • 67. Where did George Orwell stay when he first arrived in Manchester?
A) A common lodging-house
B) Over a tripe shop
C) At Aunt Nellie's cottage
D) In Wigan
  • 68. What was the reason Victor Gollancz turned down 'Burmese Days'?
A) Lack of interest in the subject matter
B) Financial constraints
C) Poor writing quality
D) Potential suits for libel
  • 69. What activity did Orwell enjoy outside of writing, as revealed four years later?
A) Hunting
B) Gardening
C) Cooking
D) Fishing
  • 70. Which publishing house published 'Down and Out in Paris and London' on 9 January 1933?
A) Harper & Brothers
B) Faber & Faber
C) Victor Gollancz Ltd
D) Adelphi
  • 71. In which arrondissement of Paris did George Orwell live during early 1928?
A) 5th arrondissement
B) 3rd arrondissement
C) 7th arrondissement
D) 9th arrondissement
  • 72. Who were George Orwell's flatmates at 50 Lawford Road?
A) Jon Kimche and Richard Rees
B) Rosalind Obermeyer and Elizaveta Fen
C) Michael Sayers and Rayner Heppenstall
D) Francis Westrope and Myfanwy Westrope
  • 73. Which author did Orwell describe as a 'good bad poet'?
A) Evelyn Waugh
B) Henry Miller
C) G. K. Chesterton
D) Rudyard Kipling
  • 74. What did Gollancz add to 'The Road to Wigan Pier' while Orwell was in Spain?
A) A disculpatory preface
B) An introduction by John McNair
C) A chapter on the Spanish Civil War
D) A foreword by Richard Rees
  • 75. What was the subject that became George Orwell's obsessive focus in his writings?
A) Literature
B) Politics
C) Poverty
D) War
  • 76. What was Sonia Brownell's health condition when she settled out of court in 1980?
A) She was hospitalized
B) She was becoming increasingly ill
C) She had fully recovered
D) She was in perfect health
  • 77. Which writer did Orwell criticize for devoting himself to 'Roman Catholic propaganda'?
A) Arthur Koestler
B) George Gissing
C) Ralph Waldo Emerson
D) G. K. Chesterton
  • 78. Which writer did George Orwell mention as the modern writer who influenced him most?
A) D. H. Lawrence
B) W. Somerset Maugham
C) James Joyce
D) T. S. Eliot
  • 79. Which organization was Orwell mistakenly thought to need papers from for crossing into Spain?
A) The Special Branch
B) The Communist Party of Great Britain
C) The Independent Labour Party
D) Some left-wing organisation
  • 80. In what year was Orwell's essay 'British Cookery' discovered in the British Council's archives?
A) 2019
B) 2000
C) 1984
D) 1946
  • 81. Which author did George Orwell admire and imitate when exploring poorer parts of London?
A) Max Plowman
B) Ruth Pitter
C) Jack London
D) Henri Barbusse
  • 82. What was the name of the tea-house run by George Orwell's sister Avril in Southwold?
A) A bookstore
B) A tea-house
C) A café
D) A bakery
  • 83. What did Orwell's list, given to Celia Kirwan, consist mainly of?
A) Anti-war activists
B) Communist leaders
C) Writers with pro-communist leanings
D) British politicians
  • 84. Where did George Orwell live while working at the bookshop?
A) Parliament Hill
B) Lawford Road, Kentish Town
C) University College London
D) Warwick Mansions, Pond Street
  • 85. What was the name of the group Orwell was a leading figure in?
A) Leftist Journalists Union
B) Shanghai Club
C) London Writers' Guild
D) British Authors Society
  • 86. When did George Orwell stop working at Booklovers' Corner?
A) June 1935
B) August 1935
C) End of January 1936
D) Beginning of February 1935
  • 87. Who shared the job with George Orwell at Booklovers' Corner?
A) Cyril Connolly
B) Richard Rees
C) Jon Kimche
D) Mabel Fierz
  • 88. What type of writing did George Orwell continually support himself through?
A) Novel-writing
B) Poetry
C) Book-reviewing
D) Playwriting
  • 89. Which illness did Orwell suffer from in February 1946?
A) Tubercular haemorrhage
B) Pneumonia
C) Bronchitis
D) Influenza
  • 90. What was the name of the cartoonist who drew strips for Animal Farm?
A) Charles Schulz
B) Gary Larson
C) Norman Pett
D) Jim Davis
  • 91. Where was the Adelphi Summer School held in 1936?
A) Wigan
B) Langham
C) Manchester
D) Sheffield
  • 92. Who gave George Orwell social and financial support while he lived in Paris?
A) Max Plowman
B) Ruth Pitter
C) Henri Barbusse
D) His aunt Ellen (Nellie) Kate Limouzin
  • 93. Where did Orwell go for a sanatorium treatment in January 1949?
A) London
B) Shanghai
C) Manchester
D) Cranham, Gloucestershire
  • 94. Who helped George Orwell find lodgings when he moved to London?
A) Ruth Pitter
B) Henri Barbusse
C) Ellen Limouzin
D) John Middleton Murry
  • 95. Who diagnosed Orwell with tuberculosis in December 1947?
A) Dr. John Smith
B) A chest specialist from Glasgow
C) An unnamed local doctor
D) David Astor
  • 96. Who did Orwell apply to unsuccessfully for papers to go to Spain?
A) Frank Meade
B) Victor Gollancz
C) John McNair
D) Harry Pollitt
  • 97. Which author did Orwell NOT mention in his essay on Charles Dickens?
A) Swift
B) Hemingway
C) Defoe
D) Fielding
  • 98. What was the name of Orwell's cottage in Wallington, Hertfordshire?
A) Langham Cottage
B) Bryn Hall
C) The Stores
D) Headingley House
  • 99. Which coal mine did Orwell visit in Wigan?
A) Headingley
B) Langham
C) Bryn Hall
D) Grimethorpe
  • 100. What was the title of George Orwell's essay based on his experiences at Hôpital Cochin?
A) "How the Poor Die"
B) "La Censure en Angleterre"
C) "A Farthing Newspaper"
D) "The Spike"
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